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Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

Q1. What recent assessment he has made of trends in local authority funding for children's services. (904289)

Preet Kaur Gill MP (Birmingham, Edgbaston, Labour (Co-op))

Q2. What steps his Department is taking to reduce homelessness. (904290)

Will Quince MP (Colchester, Conservative)

Q3. What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on support for homeowners in meeting mortgage costs. (904291)

Rt Hon David Hanson MP (Delyn, Labour)

Q4. What estimate he has made of the profits derived from the Help to Buy scheme by housebuilders. (904292)

Gareth Thomas MP (Harrow West, Labour (Co-op))

Q5. What assessment he has made of the adequacy of projected funding for adult social care until 2020. (904293)

Tracy Brabin MP (Batley and Spen, Labour (Co-op))

Q6. What assessment he has made of the effect of the Help to Buy scheme and the reduction in stamp duty on first-time buyers. (904294)

David Warburton MP (Somerton and Frome, Conservative)

Q7. What progress his Department has made on the delivery of new homes. (904295)

David T. C. Davies MP (Monmouth, Conservative)

Q8. What steps his Department is taking to reduce the time taken to build new homes. (904296)

Rt Hon Nicky Morgan MP (Loughborough, Conservative)

Q9. How many local authorities have had their local plans signed off by his Department in the last two years. (904297)

John Mann MP (Bassetlaw, Labour)

Q10. What recent assessment he has made of trends in the number of new homes for social rent since 2010. (904298)

Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP (East Ham, Labour)

Q11. What recent estimate he has made of the number of people sleeping rough in the West Midlands. (904299)

Ian Austin MP (Dudley North, Labour)

Q12. What assessment he has made of the effect of the local government finance settlement 2018-19 on the financial sustainability of local authorities. (904300)

Diana Johnson MP (Kingston upon Hull North, Labour)

Q13. What resources he is providing to local authorities to build council housing. (904301)

Clive Efford MP (Eltham, Labour)

Q14. What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's support for local government. (904302)

Edward Argar MP (Charnwood, Conservative)

Q15. What steps he is taking to support local authorities to fulfil their statutory duties in relation to children in care. (904303)

Ged Killen MP (Rutherglen and Hamilton West, Labour (Co-op))

Q16. What progress his Department has made on the delivery of new homes. (904304)

Lucy Allan MP (Telford, Conservative)

Q17. What steps his Department is taking to tackle the practice of land banking. (904305)

Chris Ruane MP (Vale of Clwyd, Labour)

Q18. What steps his Department is taking to devolve power to towns and cities. (904306)

Martin Vickers MP (Cleethorpes, Conservative)

Q19. What assessment he has made of the effect of the local government finance settlement 2018-19 on the ability of local authorities to meet their statutory responsibilities. (904307)

Matt Western MP (Warwick and Leamington, Labour)

Q20. If he will take steps to ensure that the National Planning Policy Framework review supports the development of council housing. (904308)

Rachael Maskell MP (York Central, Labour (Co-op))

Q21. What steps his Department is taking to ensure an equitable allocation of funding for local government. (904309)

Julia Lopez MP (Hornchurch and Upminster, Conservative)

Q22. With reference to the Public Accounts Committee report of 20 December 2017 entitled Homeless households, HC 462, if the Government will measure the effect of its affordable homes programme on the number of households in temporary accommodation. (904310)

Gillian Keegan MP (Chichester, Conservative)

Q23. What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of affordable homes constructed in the last three years. (904311)

Kerry McCarthy MP (Bristol East, Labour)

Q24. How much funding the Government has allocated to local authorities to conduct remedial work as a result of the Grenfell Tower fire. (904312)

Rt Hon David Lammy MP (Tottenham, Labour)

Q25. What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for social care services. (904313)

Bridget Phillipson MP (Houghton and Sunderland South, Labour)

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government